At the Town of Leland, we believe our employees are our greatest asset. That’s why we’re proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being, and future. Whether you’re just starting your career or planning for retirement, our benefits provide the security, flexibility, and peace of mind you need to thrive both at work and at home. Explore the many ways we invest in you — because when you succeed, our community succeeds.
The Town of Leland offers a generous program of employee benefits including the following:
- A choice of comprehensive medical benefit programs offered through the state health plan.
- Town-provided dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability.
- Employee paid additional voluntary life insurance.
- Medical and dependent Flexible Spending Accounts.
- North Carolina Local Government Employee Retirement System (LGERS). The LGERS plan provides a defined benefit retirement plan, more commonly referred to as a pension, for all vested employees upon their attainment of their retirement age.
- State 401(k) and 457 plans. The Town, at the annual discretion of Council, makes an additional annual defined contribution to each employee’s 401(k) retirement plan. Currently, the defined contribution to the employee 401(k) plan is 5% of the employee’s pay. There is no requirement of contribution by the employee.
The Town annually funds, at the annual discretion of Council, a Health Reimbursement Arrangement for employees, which can be used to offset any eligible, uninsured medical expenses including deductibles and co-pays. Currently, this account is funded in the amount of $1,500.
For details of these programs, please consult the benefits overview
The Town of Leland works to be fiscally responsible and to provide competitive overall compensation throughout our pay system. As such, we undertake ongoing compensation reviews against benchmark data in our region and throughout the state. We seek to manage our fiscal policy to provide for annual merit and cost of living increases, as well as an annual bonus program. These policies are reviewed annually and are subject to annual Council approval. Details concerning our current fiscal year annual merit and cost of living plan are available upon request.
The Town of Leland believes that all employees need time away from work to rest, recharge, and recover so they can bring their best to both their personal life and their work. All regular full-time employees are eligible to earn paid vacation and sick time, and to be granted Paid Time Off (PTO). Depending upon the schedule the employee works, their accrual rate will vary.
We do accept accrued unused sick time from other municipalities for employees joining Leland from other jurisdictions.
The following days and such other days as the Town Council may designate are holidays with pay:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veteran's Day
- Thanksgiving Day and the day after
- Christmas - Three workdays
We love to recognize Town of Leland employees doing their best, serving our citizens, and collaborating! We do that through the following channels:
- Peer to Peer Recognition: In our internal Human Resources Information System, Paylocity, employees and management have the opportunity to recognize one another for support, assistance, or great work
- Core Values Recognition: All employees and supervisors of the Town of Leland are encouraged to recognize one another for the embodiment of the Town’s core values. To do this, the Town has created Core Value Coins which can be used to recognize an employee who has exhibited these values in an outstanding manner. All employees are encouraged to collect these items and to display them, if possible. We are also planning celebrations for those who attain recognition in all core areas.
- Leland Bucks: The Town of Leland offers supervisors the opportunity to award Leland Bucks to their employees to recognize extra effort, special actions, or notable consistency. Leland Buck awards have a value that can be used to purchase Leland swag.
- Appreciation: At the Town of Leland, we know that our team members are the key to supporting our work and our community. As such, we celebrate our employees several times a year at Employee Appreciation events. These events range from an annual community Thanksgiving meal to an Independence Day picnic to March Madness.
- Service: We recognize and reward employees for their work and commitment to the Town. Included in our annual bonus is a longevity component, and we recognize employees at their 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 15 year anniversaries.